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Planning board and CRA back Meisner Plaza hotel; sale of small city parcel approved amid resident opposition
Summary
The board and CRA recommended approval of a 12‑story hotel project at Meisner Plaza and supported an ordinance to convey a roughly 0.29‑acre city parcel for the project. The proposals passed after extended public comment raising concerns about notice, traffic, parking, structural impacts and appraisal and sale terms.
The Planning & Zoning Board and the Community Redevelopment Agency advisory review on Aug. 21 recommended approval of a proposed Meisner Plaza Hotel and the conditional sale of a small city‑owned parcel at 190 NE Second Street to the project developer. The two related votes were contentious and followed extensive public comment from nearby residents and the condominium Tower 155, which opposed the sale and the development.
City staff described the project as a 12‑story, 271,412‑square‑foot hotel with 242 rooms and about 34,840 square feet of retail/restaurant space on a 1.93‑acre site that includes a 0.29‑acre city parcel. The application asks for design flexibility under the interim design guidelines and a technical deviation from the DDRI development order to reduce off‑street parking…
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